DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i08.011

Pages: 3003-3008

Distal femur fractures are one of complex fractures to treat because they are often communitted, unstable and osteoporotic. Various modalities of treatment are available now with varied results. Introduction of locking compression plates in 2001 has revolutionized the treatment of these fractures. We have studied clinical and radiological outcome of distal femur fractures treated with locking compression plate in comparison to existing studies available in the literature. This study was conducted at Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar from January 2015 to December 2017. 42 patients with distal femur fractures were included in this study. All patients underwent open reduction and internal fixation with locking compression plate. Neer’s scoring system was used to assess the functional outcome of surgery. Out of 30 patients, 24(57%) patients had excellent results, 8 patients (19%) had good result, six (14%) patients had fair and four (10%) had poor result. Average knee flexion in our study was 1150 with more than 62% patients having knee range of motion more than 1100. We recommend open reduction and internal fixation of distal femur fractures with locking compression plate. Easier surgical technique, low complication rate, early rehabilitation, rigid fixation are the advantages over other modalities of treatment.